Overcrowding in the emergency department can be a significant barrier to delivering efficient and high-quality care, but the impact on delivering equitable health care is
less commonly discussed. Imp
Crowded, busy emergency departments seem susceptible to an increased risk of slip-and-fall accidents that keep administrators awake at night. But does the evidence bear out this assumption?
In traditional ED flow models, patients who arrive via EMS often experience similar prolonged door-to-bed, door-to-doctor, and ED length-of-stay times as walk-in patients. Rutgers New Jersey Medical S